FISH SKIN POUCH & TANNING COURSE

For thousands of years, humans have been turning raw skin into usable leather products using fundamental techniques and materials. Come learn to use these techniques to tan and dye fish skins using materials readily available in your environment!

Fish skins are easy to acquire, small enough to fit in a jar, and come in an incredible variety of patterns and textures. This makes them a great entry into the world of tanning, as they are easy to tan almost anywhere, from your garden to your kitchen counter!

This course will cover the basics of vegetable tanning fish skins using tannins to produce leather that is surprisingly soft, strong, and durable. The subjects included in the course are sourcing skins, scraping and scaling, producing and timing the tan baths, tanning stages, the importance of pH, testing tannedness, and ample time for questions and answers.

Using previously tanned fish skins, you will…